LalaLove is the answer.

Katharine Hamnet may have instructed you to 'Kill all your idols' but we say you should wear them. Across your chest. Like a lovely big badge of pride.

How? Well, we're not on about getting a dodgy tattoo of Marilyn Monroe or Barack Obama or whoever etched onto your body, because that's just silly, and painful, and you'd regret it like, 5 minutes later. What we're talking about is the sensible and painfree option of getting one of these brilliant t-shirts by LalaLove instead.

Featuring everyone from Vivienne Westwood to Bowie, De Niro to Madonna and even John Lennon & Yoko, you're sure to find someone whose face you find worth of wearing. And if you're having trouble choosing between Twiggy & Aggy, fear not. The LalaLove collection is priced at between £22-£26 so you can splash your cash and take 'em both home.

LalaLove t-shirts available exclusively from SUPERSWEET shop

Featured Band: The Dozen Dimes.

If, unlike me, you can actually get this band's name right (I keep calling them The Dirty Dimes to the confusion of everyone around me) then you're a lucky person who's one step away from typing it into Spotify and entering the beautiful world of nostalgia.

The debut album, Get Real Gone With The Dozen Dimes, is a beautiful return to the heyday of 60s music - think Grease, but you wouldn't be embarrassed to admitting to having this on your iPod. Perhaps the best song on the album which bridges the gap between past and present is Dirty Shenanigans, but it's looking like it'll be a cold day in hell before I take Mean Little Girl off of repeat. In a great album, other songs worth a particular listen are Hey Paulina and the misleadingly named Forgive Me (which wouldn't seem out of place on the set of Happy Days.)

Matt Friction (yes, that Matt Friction from Pink Spiders - how many do you know of?) has the perfect voice for this style of music - something that I certainly wasn't expecting when I hit play, but just this once I'm glad to be wrong.

A perfect piece of pop which seems to confirm the rose tinted glasses view that the heyday of music has well and truly passed - I for one am heading of to dig out my parents' records and grab me a neckscarf and a T-Bird.

The Dozen Dimes – Get Real Gone With The Dozen Dimes

(Spotify Link above.)

Introducing, Miss Bibi.

Attention please, Ladies and Gentleman, for we are about to present you with some of the finest (and quite frankly, coolest) jewellery that you will ever lay your pretty little eyes upon! 

Behold! The miniature stylings of Brigitte Garaudi (aka Miss Bibi), a Monoco-based Central St Martins graduate. After specialising in film and animation during her studies at London's premier arts institution, Garaudi decided to put her skills in making miniature sets to another use - converting the teeny tiny props into delicate and quirky pieces of jewellery.

Inspired by nostalgic childhood memories, Miss Bibi's pieces really are something else. Featuring everything from retro little telephones and dainty chandeliers to pencils, pistachios and pasta shapes, the selection consists of necklaces, rings, brooches, earrings, bracelets and more.

Miss Bibi's whimsical little jewels might be a bit on the pricey side for some of your budgets, but if you're after timeless pieces with unparalleled attention to detail, then they're well worth saving your pennies up for. 

I want the 'cherie' rings so much, I've already started up my Miss Bibi fund!

'Cherie' brass/gold plated rings - 100 euros

Dollar & Yen brass/gold plated earrings - 85 euros

Mirror necklace rhodium & silver - 130 euros

Precious Heart silver/black rhodium bracelet - 90 euros

check out the whole range at missbibi.com

LFW SS11 best bits.

Us Tantrum girls have been super-busy with London Fashion Week (hence the slight lack of blogging) and instead of giving you lot long, boring posts about all the shows/exhibitions we were lucky enough to see, we thought we would hit you with one neat little picture-post featuring our top picks from shows we attended. Although we saw the work of loads of amazing designers, we're just gonna share just our top 3 with you (otherwise we could be here for a very, very long time!) 

Right, here it goes! Sit back, relax and enjoy!

Glamourous, contemporary '70s, head wraps, sophisticated hippy, silk, organza.

 

 

Offbeat elegance, girly, quirky, skyscraper platforms, chiffon, peter pan collars.

read Nav's Charles Anastase review at Sketchbook magazine

Raffia headpieces, bottle-top embellishing, whimsical, PVC panelling, neon shop tags.            

read Nav's Louise Gray review at Nothing Bad magazine.

We're so sad London Fashion Week is over. It went way too fast, don't you think? 

What were your LFW hits and misses? See any collections that were a stroke of genius or any you thought were a primary school effort? C'mon, share all your LFW lovin' with us!

photo's via style.com (cos they were majorly better than ours, but collaging is all © Tantrum Magazine)

Galibardy - Patron saint of seriously hip, yet totally affordable jewellery.

If, like us, you're constantly scouring the internet, vintage stores and quirky little boutiques in the hope of finding jewellery that's just that little bit different from the stuff that crowds the racks at Accessorize, you'll know the quest for unconventional styles of bling is often a tough one. You find some relatively cheap and cool jewellery - it breaks or rusts all to soon, and if it's quality you're after, you end up having to pay through the nose for it. It's a lose-lose situation it seems. Well it was, 'til now.

Enter Galibardy. Saviour of those of us with student budgets and a penchant for the extraordinary.This East London-based designer offers imaginative, whimsical jewellery at an extremely affordable price. With cocktail rings featuring offbeat designs, such as turntables, skulls (animal AND human), cadillacs and hippos and necklaces boasting solid brass animal teeth, stag heads, hot air balloons and retro-style cassettes, this fantasy-inspired brand ensures that you stand out from the crowd with their unique and enchanting pieces.








With amazing jewellery to suit an array of budgets and a celebrity fanbase, ( including Lindsay Lohan, Georgia Jagger and Peaches Geldof, to name a few) Galibardy has fast become a sure-fire favourite with us here at Tantrum and we bet out bottom dollar that you're gonna love them just as much as we do. It's pretty much impossible not to!

Hot air balloon necklace - £18
Gold teeth necklace - £16
Mixtape necklace - £10
Rose skull ring - £18
Red apple ring - £18
Stag head ring - £18

All available from www.galibardy.co.uk
Pssst... Fear not, you lovely international readers, Galibardy offer worldwide shipping so there's no excuses for not snapping up some gorgeous new jewels!